Guard-rail



No. 752,428. I PATENTE'D FEB. 16, 1904. D. P. VAUGHAN. GUARD RAIL.

APPLIOATION FILED saw. 22, 1903 UNITED STATES Patented. February 16,1904.

PATENT QFFICE.

GUARD-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 752,428, dated February 16, 1904.

Application filed September 22, 1903. Serial No. 174,161. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID F.VAueHAN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Haddonfield,(lamden county,New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard-Rails, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a plan view, certain usual wellknown parts being omitted. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the guard-rail plate detached.

The object of this invention is to provide an attachment adapted to be applied to guardrails whereby the part of the rail against which theflange of a car-wheel is liable to impinge is rendered more durable and whereby adjustment of the guard rail with relation to the main or track rail, sometimes required when the side of the head of the guard-rail becomes worn away, is obviated.

The precise nature of the invention will appear from the following description, reference being had to the drawings, in which 1 is.

the main or track rail, and 2 the guard-rail.

In carrying out my invention I cut away a side of the guard-rail, as seen in Fig. 2, andprovide a plate 3, made of very hard metal as, for example, manganese-steel-of the form shown-thatis, substantially rectangular in cross section, but with projections or enlargements don one side at intervals (or it may be continuous along the plate) that are adapted to fit in the space formed by the un' der side of the head 5 of the rail, the top of the foot-flange 6, and the web 7. This plate is applied to the guard-rail, as seen more clearly in Fig. 2that is, the enlargements in said space and the part 3 of the plate against the cutaway head of therail and the plate are secured to the guard-rail by rivets 8, one of which is shown in Fig. 2, passing through the web of the rail, the plate, and one ofthe enlargements 4. By the construction shown the plate is held firmly and securely in position and being of hard metal will wear a comparatively long time. The enlargement 4: may be dispensed with and the lower side of the plate extended, so that it will-bear against the cut-away side of the flange 6.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with the guard -rail having the side of its head cut away of the hard-metal plate secured to the web of the rail with its upper portion bearing against said cut-away part of the rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with the guard-rail, having the side of its head cut away, of the hard-metal plate having the side enlargement, the part of said plate above the latter being fitted against the cut-away side of the head of the rail, and said enlargement fittedin the space between the latter and the top of the foot-flange of the rail, together with means for securing said plate to the web of the rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3., The hard-metal plate substantially rectangular in cross-section and having the side enlargement adapted to fit against theweb of a rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 15th day of-Septemher, A. D. 1903.

DAVID F. VAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

HORACE Drsnaow jREEvE, ROBERT J. NASH. 

